Obituaries

Virgil Miller Hancock
Dec 28, 2007
Virgil Miller Hancock, age 89, of Rigby died at his home Friday, December 28, 2007. He was born July 1, 1918, at Garfield, a son of Daniel Riley Hancock and Lola May Miller Hancock. He attended schools in Garfield and Ucon graduating from Ucon High School. November 27, 1940 he married Ruby Barber in the Logan LDS Temple, she passed...
Gerald Aden Gunderson
Dec 27, 2007
Gerald Aden "Gundy" Gunderson, age 59, of Menan, died at his home Thursday, December 27, 2007, from heart failure. Gerald was born April 28, 1948, at Rigby, Idaho a son of Aden Glen Gunderson and Afton Chapman Gunderson. He attended schools in Menan, graduating from Rigby High School. He played football at Rigby High School and played basketball and softball....
Dorothy Rae Nelson
Dec 25, 2007
Dorothy Rae Nelson, age 89 of Ammon died December 25, 2007 at Idaho Falls Health and Rehab. She was born March 6, 1918 at Teton City, a daughter of Ray Haws and Mary Olive Dodson Haws. Dorothy attended schools in Newdale and Sugar City. December 9, 1947 she married C. Scott Nelson in Newdale, Idaho. She managed Bair's Restaurant in...
Brandon Fred Jensen
Dec 24, 2007
Brandon Fred Jensen, age 24 of Idaho Falls died Monday, December 24, 2007. He was born August 2, 1983 at Idaho Falls, a son of Fred William Jensen and Lori Kay Lyon, and was raised by his grandparents Vernon and Donna Jensen. He attended Madison schools and graduated from Madsen Alternative School. Brandon was a member of the LDS Church;...
Beth Evelyn Baird Ririe
Dec 18, 2007
Beth Evelyn Baird Ririe, age 81, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living Center. She was born December 15th, 1926, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Horace Lorenzo Baird and Rebecca Evelyn Peterson Baird. She was raised in Milo and attended school in Rigby. She graduated from Rigby High School in 1945 and attended BYU...
Galen Douglas Nelson
Dec 11, 2007
Galen Douglas Nelson, age 57, of Rigby, died Tuesday, December 11, 2007, from injuries received in an airplane accident along with two close friends, Robert Wolz and Tom Sainsbury. He was born May 24, 1950 at Rexburg, a son of Kenneth Levi Nelson and Gail Kinghorn Nelson. He attended Rigby schools, graduating from Rigby High School, and continued his education...
Berthalene Wade
Dec 7, 2007
Berthalene Wade, 79, of Idaho Falls, died Friday, December 7, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Berthalene was born April 9, 1928 at Jerome, Idaho a daughter to Lovell McCanahan Sr. and Manola Pauline McGowian McClanahan. She attended schools in Jerome and Idaho Falls, graduating from Idaho Falls High School. She then attended Idaho State University where she met...
Wanda L. Byington
Dec 5, 2007
Wanda L. Byington, age 86, of Ririe, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Idaho Falls Health and Rehab. She was born April 28, 1921 at Clark, a daughter of Jesse Gabriel Clark and Ada Bell Campbell Clark. She was raised and attended schools in Clark and LaBelle and graduated from Ririe High School. On July 2, 1938 she married...
Chera Mindy Birch
Dec 2, 2007
Chera Mindy Birch, age 21, of Rigby, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2007, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born March 12, 1986, at Payson, Utah. She is the daughter of David Kelby Birch and Bethene Fullmer Birch. She was raised and attended schools in Layton, Utah. Graduated from Rigby High School, and was attending BYU Idaho,...
Merrill "Grant" Rounds
Dec 2, 2007
Merrill “Grant” Rounds, age 70, died Sunday December 2, 2007 at his home in Lewisville from Cancer. Grant was born August 29, 1937, at Idaho Falls, a son of Merrill D. and June Lund Rounds. He attended schools in Lewisville and graduated from Rigby High School in 1955. He married Betty Lou Hamon, September 9, 1960 in the Idaho Falls...
Vonda Florence Tinker
Nov 25, 2007
Vonda Florence Tinker, age 83, died at her home in Menan, Sunday, November 25, 2007. Vonda was born May 29, 1924 in Garfield, Idaho the daughter of James Milo Andrus and Florence Crystal Andrus. She grew up and attended schools in Garfield, and was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She married Ernest George...
Stephen David Moss
Nov 24, 2007
Stephen David Moss, son of Ronald James and Elizabeth Emily Dalling Moss was stillborn at Madison Memorial Hospital Saturday, November 24, 2007. Survivors include: parents: Ronald and Elizabeth Moss, three sisters: Chloe Emily Moss, Saige Elizabeth Moss and Hailey Lauren Moss all of Hamer, grandparents: Rosalie and Richard Jones of Lewisville and David and Theressa Dalling of Hamer, great grandparents...
James Leslie Ellis
Nov 22, 2007
James Leslie Ellis, age 65, of Challis, died Thursday, November 22, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Jim was born August 21, 1942 at Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of James Wendell and Arzula Delta Miller Ellis. He attended schools in King City, California graduating from King City High School. He then attended Chico State College....
Gail Edna Hirschi Raymond
Nov 21, 2007
Gail Edna Hirschi Raymond returned to the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on November 21, 2007. Gail was born on March 22, 1919, in Kilgore, Idaho, to David Jr. and Hedwig Aldehoff Hirschi the 2nd of 4 children. She attended school in Kilgore and Spencer, Idaho and graduated from Ricks College with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught...
Adella May Hodges
Nov 19, 2007
Adella May Hodges, age 96, of Rigby, died at her home Monday, November 19, 2007. She was born May 26, 1911 in Lehi, UT, first child or Edward H. Peterson and Anna Maude (Anderson) Peterson. She spent her early childhood in Stockton, UT, Downey, ID and Logan, UT. Her mother died when she was twelve, she took care of her...
Hannah Milldred Chapman Phillips
Nov 16, 2007
Hannah Milldred Chapman Phillips, 88, of Rigby, died at her home Friday, November 16, 2007. Hannah was born October 10, 1919, at Bayard, Nebraska, a daughter of Henrie and Amelia Kaufman. She was raised in the Bayard and Scottsbluff, Nebraska area and attended schools there. On July 7, 1937 she married W.D. “Don” Chapman in Bridgeport, Nebraska. They had one...
Laura Susannah Hope
Nov 15, 2007
Laura Susannah Hope 78, of Wendell, formerly of Archer, died at the Mercy Medical Center in Nampa, Thursday, November 15, 2007. Laura was born September 28, 1929 in Archer, Idaho a daughter of Henry Lillis Sutton and Rachel Briggs Sutton. She was raised and attended school in Archer and graduated from Madison High School. She was a member of The...
Glendon Dee Rainey
Nov 13, 2007
Glendon D. Rainey, 52, of Annis, died at his home Tuesday, November 13, 2007. Glendon was born May 11, 1955 at Rigby, Idaho a son of Dee Elias and Luana Miller Rainey. He is survived by his Mother Luana (Levern) Rainey Scott of Annis, four sisters: Connie (Allen) Ball of Idaho Falls, Charlene (Lane) Blanchard of St. Anthony, Janet (Arlin)...
Norlan Edward Herndon
Nov 13, 2007
Norlan Edward Herndon, age 63 of Rigby died at his home, Tuesday, November 13, 2007. He was born December 4, 1943 at Idaho Falls, a son of Thomas Edward Herndon and Thelda Pearl Scott Herndon. He attended schools in Ririe and Rigby and served in the US Army. He married Rebecca Brockman, they later divorced. He married Pauline Bates, they...
Lila Louise Paul
Nov 12, 2007
Lila Louise Paul, age 82, of Rigby died of illnesses incident to age at the Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center, Monday, November 12, 2007. She was born October 13, 1925, at Chinook, Montana, a daughter of Harvey DaBell and Connie Harmon DaBell. She was raised and attended schools in the Rigby area, graduating from Rigby High School as Valedictorian....
